Palliative care Signs and Symptoms Palliative care
Conditions
Interventions
Case conference held betwen the patient's GP and the specialist palliative care team, held by tele-conference, within three weeks of referral.
The control group receives usual care- ie communication
Sponsors
University of Queensland Medical School (Australia)
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Adult Patients requiring palliaitve care, and their carergivers who are referred to a participating specialist palliative care service 2. Aged over 18 3. Life expectancy of at least one month 4. Not confused or too unwell to be approached 5. Could read and speak English 6. Had a current GP
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Life expectancy less than one month 2. Confused 3. Too unwell to be approached 4. Could not read or speak English 5. Did not have a current GP
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Global quality of life measures at three weeks post intervention | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Subscale measures of quality of life scales 2. Process evaluation of GP-specialist case conferences note: Two a priori analyses planned. The first is using the intervention as a fixed time point, evaluating the effect from the time of the intervention. The second is using date of death as fixed time point, and evaluating intervention from time of death, independent of the time of the intervention | — |
Countries
Australia
Outcome results
None listed